After a 6 hour trip over the IJsselmeer (almost 7 hrs if you include the detour via Volendam to fill up with diesel), we arrived back in Monnickendam, our home port. Over the last 3 weeks, we covered 415 KM in 44 motor hours. All went very well, we still do get better and better in handing the boat and can park it in tiny places without any fuss. Its over 10 tonnes of steel and does not react like a car at all, especially when there is a bit of a wind blowing!
Monnickendam is very nice and we celebrated 'coming home' with a meal onshore (which is a rare occurrence because (amongst other reasons) of the cost of eating out in Holland).
Tomorrow we'll clean the boat thoroughly as it is very dirty and still full of salt from the Waddenzee. Then there are some minor maintenance jobs to do (always, on a boat) and on Saturday it is the queen's birthday, which is quite a festive occasion here (the decorations are already in place in Monnickendam, lots of Dutch flags and orange bits and pieces).
On Sunday early evening (19.00) we fly back to London.
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